Cook County
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Judge: Inspector can investigate elective officesJan 16, 2014 7:53 pm - A judge has ruled that Cook County’s inspector general can investigate fraud, corruption and waste in the county assessor’s office and all other independent elected offi...
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Dawn Patrol: Murder charge in Aurora shooting, 2 questioned in anotherJan 16, 2014 4:00 am - Aurora man charged in woman’s murder An Aurora man was charged last night with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a woman Monday. Police s...
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Demand for concealed carry keeps growing in suburbsJan 15, 2014 3:03 pm - Editor’s note: The projected number of applicants this year was corrected from the original story. By Marty Hobe mhobe@dailyherald.com Nearly 10,000 people in the Chicag...
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Harper to be part of White House higher education summitJan 15, 2014 9:30 am - Harper College's partnership with local high schools to get more students ready for college will be highlighted Thursday at a White House higher education summit. The su...
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Harper College pairs up with Comfort Dogs to train handlersJan 15, 2014 4:15 am - In the months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, kids returning to classes were startled by ordinary sounds. Rich Martin remembered when a chair screechin...
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Dawn Patrol: 80-year-old shoots icicles; Homicides investigatedJan 15, 2014 4:00 am - Aurora cops still investigating two unrelated shooting deaths Aurora police continue to investigate a pair of unrelated homicides that took place within an hour of ...
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Trial begins in death of Addison 9-year-oldJan 14, 2014 3:00 pm - From the moment early on July 15, 2008, when she learned her daughter, 9-year-old Mya Lyons of Addison, had been found stabbed to death in Chicago, Ericka Barnes wanted ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in and around the Fox Valley aim to inspireJan 14, 2014 2:28 pm - A great leader deserves to be honored and remembered. Here’s where you can find Martin Luther King Jr. events in and around the Fox Valley. Aurora Ÿ “King and Mande...
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Dawn Patrol: 2 die in Aurora shootings; Arlington Hts. fire chief leavingJan 14, 2014 4:00 am - Two people dead after separate Aurora shootings Two people were shot to death on Aurora’s west side last night in apparently unrelated situations, police said. A ma...
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Local authorities overwhelmed by gun applicationsJan 13, 2014 3:35 pm - More than 1,000 requests for concealed carry gun permits are pouring in each day in the nation’s last state to allow the practice, sparking concerns among Illinois law e...